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December 28, 2017

Unlike Christmas Day, this won't bring down the eShop. But it probably should.

There's a reason I don't lock in my formal Game of the Year list until sometime in February, and it's this: There's still potential candidates in some of the categories coming out this week. The big two for the week are the last major 3DS release of the year (which has topped the list of at least one friend of the website) Style Savvy: Styling Star, and the defending champion for "Best Re: Game", SteamWorld Heist. Both are well worth the time.

December 21, 2017

On the shortest day of the year up North, the sun will set by the time you download everything.

'twas four days before Christmas and the author wonders how much Switch memory he has left. Another twenty games are dropping on Switch in North America this week, so let's run down the highlights: Mom Hid My Game (also on New 3DS) is a riot, we have the sequel to Max and the Magic Marker finally hitting a Nintendo system, and the long-awaited Next Penelope is racing into the Switch this week.

Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe both announced today that the story-focused building game will release in both territories on February 9. Nintendo will be handling publishing and distribution for the game outside Japan.

After getting competitive this summer, Pac-Man is coming back to the Switch with co-op in tow.

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus will release on the Switch eShop on February 22. The two modes of the game will be the Championship Edition 2 game that released on other platforms in 2016 as well as a co-op version of the game that utilizes two Joy-Cons.

The missing link in the release of the second generation of Pokémon games has finally been announced.

Pokémon Crystal, the Game Boy Color-exclusive third version, will release on 3DS Virtual Console in all regions on January 26. As with other Pokémon VC releases, the price ($9.99 US or equivalent)... Read more...

Developers PolyKnight and publisher Aspyr Media have announced their flight / exploration game InnerSpace will launch on Switch among other platforms on January 19. A flight game at its core, InnerSpace features exploration of planets that are inside out and feature ancient gods wandering through them.

Caution: Contains a higher-than-normal amount of bafmadads and silver balls.

Forget the Switch outselling the Wii U in year 1, it'll probably also have more games than it by the time March 3 comes around. Most of the attention is on the fashionbly late Yooka-Laylee, the former Kickstarter record holder which began life on the old and busted before crossing over. Other targets... Read more...

Atlus will be keeping the flame of the 3DS alive almost to the end of the fiscal year.

The Alliance Alive, the second of their three major 3DS RPGs for 2018, will release in North America on March 27, 2018. As with previous Atlus launch editions, the game will feature a soundtrack CD and artbook as first print bonuses along with a keychain.

New details and a trailer have been released for Yoku's Island Express, the pinball / platforming hybrid coming to Switch in 2018. The title character Yoku will meet a colorful cast of characters including Tito the mountaineer, Chip the foreman and Tungaska as he looks to save Mokumana Island from a restless god.

With a little under three weeks left in the year, the Switch has already passed a significant milestone in sales.

Nintendo issued a press statement today confirming the console has crossed the 10 million sales milestone (sold through to consumers) according to internal metrics. With nine months of sale, the console is selling at a pace similar to the Wii (which reached 10 million in its ninth month) and the PlayStation 4.

Hot on the heels of SteamWorld Dig 2, the Switch will be getting strategic this month.

Image & Form have announced that SteamWorld Heist will release on Switch on December 28 in North America and Europe. The release will be the Ultimate Edition, meaning the Outsider DLC and another material will be included.

At the Capcom Cup fighting game tournament this weekend, Capcom have announced the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for Switch and other platforms. Releasing in May of next year, the collection will include the following 12 games:

As most of North America chases the reissue of the Nintendo Cereal System (now with Amiibo functionality!) we have a new record for the most releases on Switch in a single week: 22, with two big preloads going up as well (Yooka-Laylee and the Mutant Mudds Collection:... Read more...